A Funny Thing Happened...with Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten

Overview

After decades spent on the fringes of politics, publishing and Australia's sex industry, Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten finally tell the stories they could never quite leave behind. Join them for the launch of the new book, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sex Party'.

Part memoir and part social history, this book is a collection of short stories drawing on Robbie Swan's 25 years as a magazine editor and parliamentary lobbyist for the adult industry.

Wry, candid and funny, it is a behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable profiles of people behind the intersection of sex, politics and power. In the book, Swan reveals the human side of an often-misunderstood industry: the humour, the resilience and the strange, sometimes surreal encounters that shaped a generation of activists and outsiders.

Spanning half a century and bookended by the creation of the Australian Sex Party with his partner, trailblazing MP Fiona Patten, these stories chart how a life spent challenging taboos and fighting hypocrisy ultimately helped reshape public debate and law reform.